Now What

Somehow we went from this:

 

To This:

in a blink of an eye!

Savannah is an international affairs major at a college 1500 miles away on the east coast. She managed to pull out a 4.0 in the her first semester! (yes, I still can obnoxiously brag about her!) and Catherine is at a wonderful day school learning life skills and socializing. And our son is still working in Austin living his best single life after college!

I’ve been trying to figure out what is next up in this empty nest phase of life.

I started doing yoga! Yes, yoga at least 2 or 3 times a week! It’s called Holy Yoga. It’s yoga mixed with prayer.  I pray that I don’t injure myself! Seriously, it’s the best part of my week. I love it! I met some awesome yoga moms too!

I finally convinced my doctor that I needed hormones. And let me tell you that you don’t need to let your doctor put you off for long if you even THINK you might be low on hormones! It has made a HUGE difference in all phases of my life! I can sleep again! Thank you Jesus!

I renewed my loan officer license for another year. Who knows, the real estate market might come back and I’ll be ready!

I have been taking senior pictures for photography clients every now and then. It’s usually boy moms that finally convinced their sons that they need a picture for their graduation announcements.  Sassy to the rescue!

I visit my sister in East Texas a lot. She has had early onset Alzheimer’s for over 10 years.Her husband, kids and grandchildren fill her up with so much love. It is such a blessing to witness so much care and devotion for my sister Kathryn.

I have had lunch with friends seeking out advice on what to do with this blog. It still gets a lot of traffic! I guess people need stories about special needs families, big hair and pictures of Bucees underwear!

I started blogging way before Instgram and Tik Tok and all the other social media platforms that lean into videos! I’ve tried it a little bit but it doesn’t seem natural! I guess I’m too old school!  I’ll just keep posting on here like I’m sending snail mail or something!

If you are still on my email list from 2011 when I launched this blog, thank you old friend. 

You might be seeing more posts from me every now and then as I navigate this new phase of midlife!

I’m still finding the humor, beauty and love in life and hoping to share it with you.

Love,

Laura aka Sassy and the big Stud (it’s the only semi-recent picture I have with my hair done!)

 

Stay Sassy Y’all.